Hull City's Robbie Brady out for a month after surgery is brought forward

Robbie Brady has been a goalscoring sensation this season (Image: Matthew Lewis)

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However, the operation has now been brought forward by the Tigers' medical staff, after they decided that the injury needed correcting as soon as possible.

Hull's Head of Medical Services, Rob Price told the club's official website: "We had a sit down between Robbie, the manager and myself to make a decision on when it would be best to have the surgery and Robbie decided that he couldn't really continue to play with the pain he was having.

"We met with the surgeon on Monday night and Robbie will go for surgery this afternoon. We're hopeful that he will be back playing sometime within around four weeks."

Price also revealed that Brady has been suffering from the injury for the majority of the season and praised manager Steve Bruce for his handling of the situation.

He added: "It's actually a condition that we've been managing for around six weeks now. The manager has been very good in terms of limiting Robbie's training sessions and has brought him off at times in games when he was still able to perform."

Brady has been one of the Tigers' best performers this season and is their top scorer with three goals in six games for Steve Bruce's side.